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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 28, 1993                   TAG: 9301280179
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

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CHRISTIANSBURG MAN WINS COMPANY AWARD

John Beamer, district manager in Christiansburg for The Franklin of Springfield, Ill., has earned one of the company's top agency-building honors: He has qualified for Franklin's Circle of Champions Club, a national honor organization of the company's most successful managers.

Beamer's award was based on recruiting activity during November.

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